How can I easily find out what type of memory I have?

I'm looking to upgrade the memory in my four-year-old Dell machine
(it's got 128 meg; I'd like 256 or 512). I know that to do this I
first must find out the kind of memory the machine has. Although I
don't mind opening it up to replace the memory, I don't want to open
it up to determine the type of memory.

Is there any software built into the machine (Windows 98), or any free
utilities out there, that will tell me this information?

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tomlin wrote:
> I'm looking to upgrade the memory in my four-year-old Dell machine
> (it's got 128 meg; I'd like 256 or 512). I know that to do this I
> first must find out the kind of memory the machine has. Although I
> don't mind opening it up to replace the memory, I don't want to open
> it up to determine the type of memory.
>
> Is there any software built into the machine (Windows 98), or any free
> utilities out there, that will tell me this information?

If you are using Windows 98, it would do no good to upgrade the memory
as 128 MB is the max that operating system can make use of. Assuming
you are planning to upgrade to Win2k or WinXP, you can find what type of
memory you need at this page on Dell's website:

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=Carnage= <> wrote in news:a4udncnIJJ7cYIjdRVn-:
> If you are using Windows 98, it would do no good to upgrade the memory
> as 128 MB is the max that operating system can make use of. Assuming
>

Please, if you are a clueless idiot, don't post. Windows 9x can run with
up to 1 GB of physical memory. Anything past 512 megs requires a special
setting in one of it's system files. You have absolutely no clue what you
are talking about.

=Carnage= wrote:
>
> tomlin wrote:
> > I'm looking to upgrade the memory in my four-year-old Dell machine
> > (it's got 128 meg; I'd like 256 or 512). I know that to do this I
> > first must find out the kind of memory the machine has. Although I
> > don't mind opening it up to replace the memory, I don't want to open
> > it up to determine the type of memory.
> >
> > Is there any software built into the machine (Windows 98), or any free
> > utilities out there, that will tell me this information?
>
> If you are using Windows 98, it would do no good to upgrade the memory
> as 128 MB is the max that operating system can make use of. Assuming
> you are planning to upgrade to Win2k or WinXP, you can find what type of
> memory you need at this page on Dell's website:
>
> http://support.dell.com/upgrades/Hardware.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen

BULLSHIT!
Win98 will work with and allow one to use up to 1Gbyte of RAM.
My MB will accept up to 3Gbytes of RAM and i have tested this.

Robert Baer <> wrote in news:40161DED.55818718
@earthlink.net:
> BULLSHIT!
> Win98 will work with and allow one to use up to 1Gbyte of RAM.
> My MB will accept up to 3Gbytes of RAM and i have tested this.
>
>

That advice is what happens when some wanna be nerd hears something about
RAM beyond a certain amount being uncacheable by some chipsets and equates
that to "WIndows 98 doesn't work with more than 128 megs of RAM." At
least, I hope that is where the false information came from, cause
otherwise the guy just pulled a number out of his ass to look like he knew
something.

tomlin <-@-.-> wrote in
news::
> I'm looking to upgrade the memory in my four-year-old Dell machine
> (it's got 128 meg; I'd like 256 or 512). I know that to do this I
> first must find out the kind of memory the machine has. Although
> I don't mind opening it up to replace the memory, I don't want to
> open it up to determine the type of memory.
>
> Is there any software built into the machine (Windows 98), or any
> free utilities out there, that will tell me this information?

DeMoN LaG wrote:
> Robert Baer <> wrote in news:40161DED.55818718
> @earthlink.net:
>
>
>> BULLSHIT!
>> Win98 will work with and allow one to use up to 1Gbyte of RAM.
>> My MB will accept up to 3Gbytes of RAM and i have tested this.
>>
>>
>
>
> That advice is what happens when some wanna be nerd hears something about
> RAM beyond a certain amount being uncacheable by some chipsets and equates
> that to "WIndows 98 doesn't work with more than 128 megs of RAM." At
> least, I hope that is where the false information came from, cause
> otherwise the guy just pulled a number out of his ass to look like he knew
> something.
>

Yes, I have learned that the figure I posted was incorrect. However, I
did not 'pull a number out of my ass' like you say. I recently read in
Jean Andrews's "Guide to Hardware" that the maximum Win98 can address is
128MB, and I assumed that was correct without checking other sources.
How about next time you point out someone's error without resorting to
name-calling, or are you too much an idiot to handle that?

"=Carnage=" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
>
> tomlin wrote:
> > I'm looking to upgrade the memory in my four-year-old Dell machine
> > (it's got 128 meg; I'd like 256 or 512). I know that to do this I
> > first must find out the kind of memory the machine has. Although I
> > don't mind opening it up to replace the memory, I don't want to open
> > it up to determine the type of memory.
> >
> > Is there any software built into the machine (Windows 98), or any free
> > utilities out there, that will tell me this information?
>
> If you are using Windows 98, it would do no good to upgrade the memory
> as 128 MB is the max that operating system can make use of.

"DeMoN LaG" <n@a> wrote in message
news:Xns947D251EDFD95Wobbly@216.168.3.30...
> Robert Baer <> wrote in news:40161DED.55818718
> @earthlink.net:
>
> > BULLSHIT!
> > Win98 will work with and allow one to use up to 1Gbyte of RAM.
> > My MB will accept up to 3Gbytes of RAM and i have tested this.
> >
> >
>
> That advice is what happens when some wanna be nerd hears something about
> RAM beyond a certain amount being uncacheable by some chipsets and equates
> that to "WIndows 98 doesn't work with more than 128 megs of RAM." At
> least, I hope that is where the false information came from, cause
> otherwise the guy just pulled a number out of his ass to look like he knew
> something.

I vote for the latter, since the caching issue with the old TX/VX/ and some
HX chipsets affected RAM in excess of 64MB not 128.

"=Carnage=" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
>
> tomlin wrote:
> > I'm looking to upgrade the memory in my four-year-old Dell machine
> > (it's got 128 meg; I'd like 256 or 512). I know that to do this I
> > first must find out the kind of memory the machine has. Although I
> > don't mind opening it up to replace the memory, I don't want to open
> > it up to determine the type of memory.
> >
> > Is there any software built into the machine (Windows 98), or any free
> > utilities out there, that will tell me this information?
>
> If you are using Windows 98, it would do no good to upgrade the memory
> as 128 MB is the max that operating system can make use of. Assuming
> you are planning to upgrade to Win2k or WinXP, you can find what type of
> memory you need at this page on Dell's website:
>
> http://support.dell.com/upgrades/Hardware.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen
>

Thor wrote:
> "DeMoN LaG" <n@a> wrote in message
> news:Xns947D251EDFD95Wobbly@216.168.3.30...
>
>>Robert Baer <> wrote in news:40161DED.55818718
>>@earthlink.net:
>>
>>
>>> BULLSHIT!
>>> Win98 will work with and allow one to use up to 1Gbyte of RAM.
>>> My MB will accept up to 3Gbytes of RAM and i have tested this.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>That advice is what happens when some wanna be nerd hears something about
>>RAM beyond a certain amount being uncacheable by some chipsets and equates
>>that to "WIndows 98 doesn't work with more than 128 megs of RAM." At
>>least, I hope that is where the false information came from, cause
>>otherwise the guy just pulled a number out of his ass to look like he knew
>>something.
>
>
> I vote for the latter, since the caching issue with the old TX/VX/ and some
> HX chipsets affected RAM in excess of 64MB not 128.
>
>
And if he's talking about the vCache (or is it vFAT?) issue in Win98 I
believe the issue affected RAM in excess of 512MB. I know of no issues
in Win98 that relate to 128MB of RAM. Not that what I know means they
don't exist.

Aida (a free utility) will do this and even read the manufacturer and model
# of the memory if that info is available.

"tomlin" <-@-.-> wrote in message
news:...
> I'm looking to upgrade the memory in my four-year-old Dell machine
> (it's got 128 meg; I'd like 256 or 512). I know that to do this I
> first must find out the kind of memory the machine has. Although I
> don't mind opening it up to replace the memory, I don't want to open
> it up to determine the type of memory.
>
> Is there any software built into the machine (Windows 98), or any free
> utilities out there, that will tell me this information?

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 05:40:25 -0600, =Carnage= <> wrote:
>Yes, I have learned that the figure I posted was incorrect. However, I
>did not 'pull a number out of my ass' like you say. I recently read in
>Jean Andrews's "Guide to Hardware" that the maximum Win98 can address is
>128MB, and I assumed that was correct without checking other sources.

When posting in a technical group like this, its always best to make
statements about things that you've actually tried and
experienced...rather than what you read. The Net is FULL of
misinformation...as you now know.
>How about next time you point out someone's error without resorting to
>name-calling, or are you too much an idiot to handle that?

DeMoN LaG <n@a> wrote in news:Xns947E13F93CF9Wobbly@216.168.3.30:
> "George" <> wrote in
> news::
>
>> Aida (a free utility) will do this and even read the manufacturer
>> and model # of the memory if that info is available.
>
> The full name is Aida32, not just Aida. Easier to find via google
> that way.

Or he could just click on the link that I provided. ;o)

--
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have
their shoes.

bearman wrote:
>
> I'm running 98SE with 256MB.
>
> Bearman
>
> "=Carnage=" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >
> >
> > tomlin wrote:
> > > I'm looking to upgrade the memory in my four-year-old Dell machine
> > > (it's got 128 meg; I'd like 256 or 512). I know that to do this I
> > > first must find out the kind of memory the machine has. Although I
> > > don't mind opening it up to replace the memory, I don't want to open
> > > it up to determine the type of memory.
> > >
> > > Is there any software built into the machine (Windows 98), or any free
> > > utilities out there, that will tell me this information?
> >
> > If you are using Windows 98, it would do no good to upgrade the memory
> > as 128 MB is the max that operating system can make use of. Assuming
> > you are planning to upgrade to Win2k or WinXP, you can find what type of
> > memory you need at this page on Dell's website:
> >
> > http://support.dell.com/upgrades/Hardware.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen
> >

....and like i said, i have 1Gbyte working fine in my system.
I only plug in the other 2Gbytes (for a total of 3Gbytes) for
multi-million digit functions in Win2K.

bambam wrote:
>
> tomlin <-@-.-> wrote in
> news::
>
> > I'm looking to upgrade the memory in my four-year-old Dell machine
> > (it's got 128 meg; I'd like 256 or 512). I know that to do this I
> > first must find out the kind of memory the machine has. Although
> > I don't mind opening it up to replace the memory, I don't want to
> > open it up to determine the type of memory.
> >
> > Is there any software built into the machine (Windows 98), or any
> > free utilities out there, that will tell me this information?
>
> You might like to try Aida32, a truly impressive piece of freeware-
>
> http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php
>
> --
> Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

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